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Letters of Lady Rachel Russell; from the Manuscript in the Library at Wooburn Abbey. To Which Are Prefixed an Introduction, Vindicating the Character of Lord Russell Against Sir John Dalrymple and the Trial of Lord William Russell for High Treason, Extracted from the State Trials.

Lady Russell · 1801 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, J. Mawman, 1801. Leather. A collection of correspondence by Lady Russell, with details of the trial of Lord Russell for high treason. Illustrated with three engraved plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. The correspondence of Lady Rachel Russell, an English nob...

The Comic History of Rome

Gilbert Abbot A Beckett · 1852 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co. 1852. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated comic re-telling of the history of Rome, by Gilbert Abbot A Beckett. Illustrated throughout with ten engravings on steel and many engravings on wood. Collated complete. A lively history of the Roman...

The Duke

Philip Guedalla · 1933 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. Leather. Philip Guedalla's witty and animated writing style comes to the fore in this fascinating biography of the Duke of Wellington In this biography of the Duke of Wellington, Philip Guedalla sheds light on Arthur Wellesley's In...

A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans Into Wales Down to the Present Time

Joseph Alfred Bradney · 1906 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London , Mitchell Hughes & Clarke , 1906. Cloth. A large extensive history of Monmouthshire, focusing on the hundred of Abergavenny, with folding maps and plates. A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, being part two of T...

The History and Antiquities of Lambeth

John Tanswell · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Frederick Pickton, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated first edition of this history of Lambeth. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, 14 plates and many in-text diagrams and sketches. Collated complete. The history and antiquities of Lambeth, ...

Nonconformity in Taunton

L .E. J. Brooke · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Taunton, L .E. J. Brooke, c1970. Cloth. A scarce and fascinating local history of nonconformity in Taunton. L. E. J. Brooke was a Somerset journalist and this is a fascinating volume of his research into the history of Taunton, focusing on nonconformity, exploring political an...

Marine Propellers

Sydney W. Barnaby · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, E. & F. Spon, Ltd, 1900. Cloth. A highly illustrated educational work on marine propellers. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams and seven plates, six of which fold-out. Collated complete. Reviewing the paddle-wheel, the screw, cavitation, and h...

Gypsies of Britain: An Introduction to Their History

Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this educational work on Gypsy history in Britain. First edition. A review of Gypsy history in Britain including: taboos, marriage, death and burial, fortune-telling, medicine, and gypsies to-day. Wri...

Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars

Reginald Myer · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1929. Cloth. A very smart collection of essays on old English tobacco jars with a reprint of the book "The Westminster Tobacco Box" 1824. A collection of writings on the old English tobacco jar. Illustrated throughout with 94 illustratio...

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects

Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield · 1774 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition, second state, of Philip Dormer Chesterfield's important instructional letters written to his son. The first edition, second state, with 'quia uroit' corrected to 'quia auroit' in...

The Quest for Merlin

Nikolai Tolstoy · 1985 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on the mythological figure of Merlin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust w...

The Court and City Register for the Year 1756; Rider&Apos;S British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1756

Anonymous · 1756 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, J. Barnes; R. Nutt, 1756. Leather. The very scarce 1756 twentieth edition of the 'Court and City Register', bound with 'Rider's British Merlin' for the same year. Two very scarce 1756 volumes bound in one, with 'Rider's British Merlin...

On the Congo Frontier

E. M. Jack · 1914 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London and Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this illustrated exploration book of Congo from the early twentieth century. First edition of On the Congo Frontier by E. M. Jack in the original publisher's blue cloth binding.Â...

Waterloo: A Story of the Hundred Days

MM. Erckmann-Chatrian · 1872 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1872. Leather. A lovely leather bound volume on the history of the Hundred Days during the Napoleonic Wars. This volume is a translation from French of the story of the Hundred Days which is also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition which marke...

Egypt After the Pharaohs 332 Bc-Ad 642 from Alexander to the Arab Conquest

Alan K Bowman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , British Museum Publications, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful review copy of this fascinating history of Egypt, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy. With a slip stating this is a Review Copy for the publication 15 September 1986, from British M...

The Portraiture of William Harvey

Geoffrey Keynes · 1949 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Keynes's study of the different portraits of the renowned physician William Harvey. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. 32 plates. Collated complete....

Memoirer Af Sir Hudson Lowe, Angaende Napoleons Fangenskap Pa St Helena

Sir Hudson Lowe · 1831 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Orebro, Tryckt hos N.M. Lindh, 1831. First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of the scarce first Swedish edition of Sir Hudson Lowe's account of his time as Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena. The scarce first Swedish language translation of the memoirs of Sir Hudson Lowe...

Napoleon at St. Helena, 1815-1821

Frederic Masson; Louis B. Frewer [trans.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Oxford, Pen-in-Hand, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed and illustrated historical account of the final years of Napoleon Bonaparte's life, between 1815 and 1821. The first edition, first impression of Louis B. Frewer's translation of Fred...

The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters

Mrs Oliphant · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1905. Leather. A lovely leather bound and fascinating history of Venice, with illustrations throughout. The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters explores the significant characters and families that formed Venice, including...

History of Newcastle and Gateshead

Richard Welford · 1884 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Walter Scott, 1884-1885. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes that detail the local history of Newcastle and Gateshead from the 14th to the 16th Century. Two first editions volumes of the History of Newcastle and Gateshead, complete in three volumes. Volumes one an...